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First Filipino filmmaker to win the 1st Best Film award (full length film category) for his film Pepot Artista at the 1st Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival
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First Filipina and first woman Executive Chef at the White House
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First Filipino-Greek-American World Heavyweight Champion in the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
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First Filipino to win the 1st Best Performance by an Actor award for the full length film ICU Bed #7 at the 1st Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival
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First Filipina President of the University of the Philippines
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First Filipino recipient of the Pioneer Hall of Fame Award by Empire Entertainment at the 1st Annual Philippine Hip-Hop Music Awards
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First Filipina President, 1st Asian President, and the 1st woman leader to preside over the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) session
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First Chinese-Filipino recipient of the "PRA President's Award"
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First Filipino recipient of the first-ever Philippine Catholic Mass Media Award in the sports column category
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First Filipina Pinoy Pop Superstar Grand Champion
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First Filipina recipient of the Female R&B Artist of the Year Award by Empire Entertainment at the 1st Annual Philippine Hip-Hop Music Awards
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First Filipina actress to win the 1st Best Performance by an Actress award for the full length film Room Boy at the 1st Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival
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First Filipino and first Asian totally blind Medical Transcriptionist
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First Filipina to emerge as The Big Winner in ABS-CBN's Pinoy Big Brother Season 1
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First Filipino businessman to receive the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
First Filipino recipient of the Distinguished Global Alumnus Award given by the Dedman School of Law, SMU (2005)
First Filipino to summit Aconcagua, the highest peak of the Western Hemisphere
